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(  B.  A.I.  Order  161.) 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 


BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


SPECIAL    ORDER    PROVIDING    FOR    THE    IMPORTATION    OF   CANADIAN 
SHEEP  FOR  EXHIBITION  PURPOSES  AT  THE  ALASKA-YUKON- 
PACIFIC  EXPOSITION,  SEATTLE,  WASH. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  I).  (\.  April  27,  1909. 

It  is  hereby  ordered,  That  from  May  20  to  October  10,  1909,  Canadian 
sheep  may  be  imported  into  the  United  States  for  exhibition  purposes 
at  the  Alaska- Yukon-Pacific  Exposition,  to  be  held  at  Seattle,  Wash., 
from  June  1  to  October  15,  1909.  without  being  subject  to  the  thirty 
days  quarantine,  provided  they  pass  a  satisfactory  inspection  at  the 
port  of  entry  and  are  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  of  the  owner  or 
importer,  and  a  certificate  issued  by  a  Canadian  official  veterinarian, 
as  required  by  Amendment  3  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  142.  amending  Regula- 
tion 41  of  the  Regulations  for  the  Inspection  and  Quarantine  of  Horses, 
Cattle,  Sheep,  and  other  Ruminants,  and  Swine  Imported  into  the 
United  States;  and  provided  further  that  the  sheep  which  are  not  sold 
to  remain  in  the  United  States  shall  be  returned  immediately  to  Canada 
at  the  close  of  said  exposition. 

The  Department  must  be  notified  by  the  owner  or  importer,  through 
the  ofrice  of  its  veterinary  inspector  in  charge  at  Seattle,  of  any  Cana- 
dian sheep  which  are  to  remain  in  the  United  States  for  breeding  pur- 
poses, and  such  sheep  will  be  maintained  in  quarantine  at  the  exposition 
grounds  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  this  Department,  who 
shall  issue  a  certificate  before  shipment  to  a  destination  is  allowed. 

The  thirty  days  of  quarantine  will  be  counted  from  the  date  of  entry 
into  the  United  States. 

All  Canadian  sheep  intended  for  this  exposition  must  be  shipped 
directly  to  the  exposition  grounds,  and  must  not  be  unloaded  in  any 
public  stock  yards. 

James  Wilson, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

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